Sept. , 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 161 
Other birds of the genus, the California Pine Grosbeak should stand as Pinicola 
calif arnica, a distinct species. 
Chester Barlow (Condor, ii, pp. 107, 109, and iii, p. 169) tells of the Pine 
Grosbeak as follows : On June 9, 1900, “while we were passing through a decided 
bog, we met our first California Pine Grosbeak quietly feeding beside an old log.’’ 
The bird, a male in brilliant red plumage, was very tame and was probably 
nesting in the vicinity. “At this place the red firs hold numerous accumulations 
of needles about the size of a nest, which would render the location of a nest 
difficult excepting by watching the bird.’’ “We saw others of this species, which 
seems to be a fairly sociable bird, two males coming to a tamarack within 
a few feet of our camp.” It is “seemingly a species of irregular distribution, 
not occurring below 6,000 or 7,000 feet.” “The only note so far as observed 
consisted of a harsh call note very similar to that of the Louisiana Tanager.” 
Dr. Sterling Bunnell, who has traveled along the Sierran crest from Mt. 
Fig. 64. OUR 1911 PARTY AT FORNi’S, TAKEN JUNE 11; LEFT TO RIGHT, CARRIGER, 
RAY, EITTEEJOHN; THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE CABINS DEMOEISHED BY WINTER 
SNOWS CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND 
Whitney to Shasta, says in a letter under date of July 8, 1912, that notwithstand- 
ing the extensive territory he covered, his notes on the occurrence of this bird are 
so few they would scarcely be w^orthy of publication. 
During the past summer I had the pleasure of being some days afield with 
Messrs. Forrest Hanford and Loren E. Taylor, both of whom are veteran ob- 
servers in the Sierras, and I am indebted to Mr. Hanford for the following notes. 
“After spending a number of summers in the Sierras, in the vicinity of Pyramid 
Peak and Lake Tahoe, I find my notes on the Pine Grosbeak somewhat limited; 
in fact, my records of not observing the Grosbeak are many more than the few 
individuals noted, and perhaps the only value of the few notes I have been able 
to gather would be to show its scarcity in its summer breeding ground and in 
country seemingly well adapted in altitude and food supply for this species. 
“In July, 1902, Mr. L. E. Taylor and I made a trip through the Silver Creek 
